Investigating organizational quality improvement systems, patient empowerment, organizational culture, professional involvement and the quality of care in European hospitals: The 'Deepening our Understanding of Quality Improvement in Europe (DUQuE)' project

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Groene, Oliver ^a   Klazinga, Niek ^b   Wagner, Cordula ^c   Arah, Onyebuchi A ^d   Thompson, Andrew ^e   Bruneau, Charles ^f   Sũol, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f Ancien Délégué Général de la Fédération de l'Hospitalisation Privée   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77956943742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-281     Document Type: Article

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